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Zany  n.  (pl. zanies)  A merry-andrew; a buffoon. "Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany." "Preacher at once, and zany of thy age."






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"Zany" Quotes from Famous Books



... idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling^, dizzard^, donkey, ass; ninny, ninnyhammer^; chowderhead^, chucklehead^; dolt, booby, Tom Noddy, looby^, hoddy-doddy^, noddy, nonny, noodle, nizy^, owl; goose, goosecap^; imbecile; gaby^; radoteur^, nincompoop, badaud^, zany; trifler, babbler; pretty fellow; natural, niais^. child, baby, infant, innocent, milksop, sop. oaf, lout, loon, lown^, dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps^, tony. bull head, dunderhead, addlehead^, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... Zany sxercemulo. Zeal fervoro. Zealot fervorulo. Zealous fervora. Zebra zebro. Zenith zenito. Zephyr venteto. Zero nulo. Zest gusto. Zigzag zigzago. Zinc zinko. Zinc-worker zinkisto. Zodiac zodiako. Zone terzono. Zoology ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... the king!" they shouted, every fool and zany raising a tankard, save the dwarf and the young woman, the former continuing to glare vindictively upon the usurper, and the latter to all intent remaining oblivious of the ceremony of installation. Poised upon a chair, she idly thrust her fingers through the gilded bars of the ...
— Under the Rose • Frederic Stewart Isham

... A zany is a kind of clown Who wanders idly up and down, And wags his head, and shakes his bells, And chortles at the tales ...
— Little People: An Alphabet • T. W. H. Crosland



Words linked to "Zany" :   humourous, fathead, muggins, clown, whacky, colloquialism, cuckoo, merry andrew, fool, sap, saphead, buffoonish, silly, cockamamie, cockamamy, clownish, buffoon, sappy, tomfool, goofball, wacky, goof, foolish, goofy, clownlike, goose, twat, jackass



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